What steps did the united states government take to ensure equal rights in the 1960s

They added the Equal Rights Amendment.

answer: the purpose of the "index of forbidden books" was to prevent the contamination of the faith or the corruption of morals of roman catholics according to canon law, through the reading of theologically mistaken or immoral books. the condemnation of published books, thus listed in the index librorum prohibitorum.

explanation: index librorum prohibitorum, (latin: “index of forbidden books”), list of books once forbidden by roman catholic church authority as dangerous to the faith or morals of roman catholics. publication of the list ceased in 1966, and it was relegated to the status of a historic document.

the 20th and final edition appeared in 1948, and the index was formally abolished on 14 june 1966 by pope paul vi. the aim of the list was to protect the faith and morals of the faithful by putting a stop to the reading of theologically, culturally, and politically disruptive books.

there are hundreds of postives ways to unite a country with another country here are a   few

1 peace treaty's peace treatys

are basically a document signing a allliance with one country and another.

2 gift

what i mean by this is for example how the french gave the americans the statue of libery a gift of peace.